diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java
index dfdc7bf0..6e8306ff 100644
--- a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java
@@ -146,6 +146,19 @@ public final class ComponentBuilder
         return append( text, FormatRetention.ALL );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parse text to BaseComponent[] with colors and format, appends the text to
+     * the builder and makes it the current target for formatting. The component
+     * will have all the formatting from previous part.
+     *
+     * @param text the text to append
+     * @return this ComponentBuilder for chaining
+     */
+    public ComponentBuilder appendLegacy(String text)
+    {
+        return append( TextComponent.fromLegacyText( text ) );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Appends the text to the builder and makes it the current target for
      * formatting. You can specify the amount of formatting retained from
diff --git a/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java b/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java
index 27b5bbea..bb38f1b1 100644
--- a/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java
+++ b/chat/src/test/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentsTest.java
@@ -92,6 +92,18 @@ public class ComponentsTest
         Assert.assertEquals( ChatColor.YELLOW + "Hello " + ChatColor.GREEN + "world!", BaseComponent.toLegacyText( components ) );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testBuilderAppendLegacy()
+    {
+        ComponentBuilder builder = new ComponentBuilder( "Hello " ).color( ChatColor.YELLOW );
+        builder.appendLegacy( "§aworld!" );
+
+        BaseComponent[] components = builder.create();
+
+        Assert.assertEquals( "Hello world!", BaseComponent.toPlainText( components ) );
+        Assert.assertEquals( ChatColor.YELLOW + "Hello " + ChatColor.GREEN + "world!", BaseComponent.toLegacyText( components ) );
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testBasicComponent()
     {